Golfer hits 67 million to one shot!
JOLIET, Illinois - September 23, 2010 - An Illinois golfer shot two holes-in-one in the same competition - a feat that carries odds of about 67 million to one, the triumphant golfer said.
Gene Goselin, 59, of Frankfort and a financial adviser with Bourbonnais, Illinois-based Wells Fargo Advisers, said the double aces helped him and his golf partner, Ray Olijar, tie for Frankfort's Green Garden Men's Club golf tournament championship at 13 under par Sunday, the Joliet Herald News reported.
Goselin, who has a 12 handicap, scored the first hole-in-one using a pitching wedge on the par-3 ninth hole of the club's Gold Course, the newspaper said.
"I hit the wedge maybe 3 feet right of the cup, it took one hop, spun back and went right in the hole," Goselin said.
On the 189-yard 16th hole, Goselin used a 5-iron. "I hit a draw, and the pin was in the middle of the green. The shot hit on the apron, took two bounces and spun back toward the hole. I thought it was getting close, and then it disappeared," said Goselin.
Goselin said his fellow golfers encouraged him to buy lottery tickets in light of his good fortune - and he did just that Sunday night.
While Goselin said he should be there for each annual championship tournament, he said of Sunday's accomplishment, "It's never going to happen again."
